# Early TIPS for Ascites Study

> **NCT01236339** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **W.L.Gore & Associates** · enrollment: 26 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Liver Cirrhosis
- Portal Hypertension
- Ascites

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** TIPS procedure with the GORE® VIATORR® TIPS Endoprosthesis
- **PROCEDURE:** LVP
- **DEVICE:** TIPS procedure with the GORE® VIATORR® TIPS Endoprosthesis for subjects who failed LVP and crossed over to TIPS per protocol

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01236339
- **Lead sponsor:** W.L.Gore & Associates
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-12
- **Primary completion:** 2013-03
- **Final completion:** 2013-03
- **Target enrollment:** 26 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Slow enrollment
- **Last updated:** 2014-06-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01236339

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01236339, "Early TIPS for Ascites Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01236339. Licensed CC0.

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